Tubeless Tyres?

dogpile

Any tips on doing a DIY change? I assume you can't go sticking a lever at it:cool:

Elfish

Yep you can go sticking a lever on it. Its a real pain in the arse though, I used 3 levers at once to get tyre off / on.

Really it isn't worth the hassle - its an evenings work if you're lucky and it's hard not to slightly damage rim. However, if you're determined, I found painting on washing up liquid/water solution to tyre/rim to be a big help when you're at the stage of it just coming off/going on - this part is pain - so close all the time but yet so far!

Bring it to a garage and save yourself the grief. They will balance rims for you as well......

dogpile

damaging the rim would be a concern, I've tried a local garage before but they wouldn't change it on a normal car tyre thingybob for fear of cracking the wheel so they said...leaving it in to a bike shop or worse still removing the wheel and hauling it over is a right royal pain in the arse too..

madrab

yeah, unless you know what your doing, especially with tubeless tyres, i would take it to a dealer/garage

bushy...

Bringing it to a garage is the best idea , but if you want to do it yourself you need to get a few rim protectors ( nylon thingys about 6" long that slip over the edge of the rim and stop marks/paint chips...~ 5 euro each) and good tyre levers. You will also need an air compressor and pressure gauge.

Unless the tyre is old and hard it shouldn't be that hard to do , if it is stop and see whats wrong.

There is also a chance of injury if you are not used to doing it .

You also have to be careful that you don't damage the brake disc.

After you get it "broken down " off the rim you need to get almost all (except the bit you are going to lever out over the edge of the rim) down into the "well" in the centre of the wheel .While you are levering away , you need to keep the rest of the tyre in the well , maybe kneel on both sides of it.

Put on the rim protectors and use one lever to get just one bit over the rim , then use the other lever just beside it to get another bit. If you use the levers too close together , the new bit will just slip back in , if too far apart it will be too hard to do.
Don't be greedy and try and get a whole lot of it over the edge in one go .

Keep kneeling on the rest of the tyre all the time to keep it in the "well " in the centre of the wheel.

==#==(= <---- you want tyre to sit in the centre like this

dogpile

Sounds like an effort, cost of those rim protectors would probably come up the cost of a professional change..thanks for the suggestions btw but I think it's off to the garage for this lazy sod